Anime fans have been busily voting on who their favourite character designer of all time is, leading to a powerhouse ranking of esteemed artistic greats – for once providing an artist ranking entirely free of Tony…

No Keiji Gotoh? For a while it seemed like every other high profile show had his designs on it. Ruri Hoshino rated even higher than Rei Ayanami for a while. I guess his style became unfashionable quite quickly.